Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon
Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon:

North Steens Loop Road (Headwaters of Fish Creek)

South side of road approximately 1.4 miles above the intersection with the road into Jackman Park Camp Ground.

July 17, 2000

Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

This site includes the headwaters of Fish Creek, including meadows, riparian areas, surrounded by mountain big sagebrush and a north-facing slope with some still-persisting snow. The area is currently under private ownership.

* Indicates flowers currently in bloom

*Willow: Salix species

*Sierra Onion: Allium campanulatum

*False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum (Just beginning to bloom.)

*White Bog Orchid: Platanthera leucostachys

*Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

*Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

*Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

*Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

*Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum (Inflorescence forming.)

*Willow Herb: Epilobium species

*Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

*Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretia brewerii

*Common Yellow Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

*Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

*Mountain Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii

*Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii

*American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica anagalis-aquatica

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

*Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Inflorescences forming.)

*Dugaldia: Dugaldia hoopesii

*Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis

Paul Slichter